Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is simply that for tax reasons we can not stay overnight at Manton , ’ Mrs Sangster explained . |
| 2 | It may well have been fun while it lasted , but we might guess by now that the Titfords would not stay long in Spa Fields , any more than they had anywhere else . |
| 3 | Now it is twelve o'clock and school is out and all those who do not stay behind for dinner are bounding down Trafalgar Street , the little ones paddling up to the Wellington-tops in the drifts left on either side by the snow plough . |
| 4 | Although the extra representation for zemstva did not arise out of St Petersburg 's enthusiasm for local government ( but out of the determination of central agencies to prevent any one of their number dominating the rest ) , it nevertheless ensured " a large dose of decentralization " in primary education and gave primary schools a better chance than they would have had otherwise . |
| 5 | The problem does not arise merely through lack of moral fibre . |
| 6 | Industrial policy seeks to offset market failures in production which do not arise directly from scale economies in the domestic market and the imperfect competition to which these give rise ; offsetting the latter is the object of competition policy . |
| 7 | In short , we can see that we do not exist separately in space and time but in spacetime — and the same is true of everything else in the Universe . |
| 8 | Of course this is not quite accurate language does not exist independently of speakers , and it is they who introduce innovations — but the point is well taken . |
| 9 | You would not think so from January 's media furore on British Telecom 's new identity . |
| 10 | Weight for weight it does not compare favourably with foods like cereals and nuts in fibre content , although it works out well when you take into account how much fibre you get for a modest number of calories . |
| 11 | Do not pitch close to objects that will reflect the sun 's rays onto the tent , such as white caravans . |
| 12 | In other words , technology does not make up for Europe 's high labour costs . |
| 13 | If it did not spring out of contract it must , I apprehend , have arisen ( if at all ) from the relative situation and circumstances of the defendants and plaintiff at the time of the occurrence of the act of negligence . |
| 14 | The hon. Member for Antrim , East was in favour of the introduction of gas , but could not explain how on earth to get it without privatisation . |
| 15 | ( c ) South Metropolitan cars must not remain unnecessarily on Corporation tracks . |
| 16 | The provision making time of the essence will enable the buyer to cancel the contract for breach , without notice , if the seller does not deliver exactly in accordance with the contract . |
| 17 | Consequently , the National Certificate Modules which make up a general SVQ may not relate directly to functions performed in employment , although they are relevant to the needs of employment . |
| 18 | This passage does not relate directly to Leapor 's employment , but it indicates what skills were desired in a young woman of the labouring class . |
| 19 | Although levels of sight do not relate directly to levels of performance in many school activities , there are some direct links between some of the specific forms of visual handicap and the way in which educational materials can most usefully be presented to individual children . |
| 20 | Unlike both the previous accounts , Bottoms does not concentrate exclusively on prisons . |
| 21 | They can not concentrate wholly on matters put before them by civil servants because they have to deal with parliamentary duties , party business and constituency cases . |
| 22 | These notes are designed to ensure that project appraisal does not concentrate solely on costs but gives priority to the objectives of the service . |
| 23 | It did not fall wholly into Edward I 's hands until the peace of 1303 . |
| 24 | The array did not fall completely into disuse , and the crown still relied on the sheriffs to call the posse comitatus to deal with local disturbances . |
| 25 | They are part of the endeavour to create the balance between ‘ financial strength and creative vitality ’ which Ms Rebuck described as the challenge facing Random House — a ‘ pure ’ trade publisher , which can not fall back on income from professional or reference publishing — when she first took over from Anthony Cheetham 18 months ago . |
| 26 | Then the walls will stand firm , tile stones will cling together , and the buildings will not fall down at night . " |
| 27 | Children and adults come to learn and face up to the facts of caring and sharing on the principal that we can not survive alone on Earth — we must share it with all the other animals and plants . |
| 28 | It does not demand such a situation in cultivation but there is no doubt that it thrives best in deep soils that do not dry out in summer . |
| 29 | The therapist can not win out against death , but he or she can win out for life , for a sense of the real , for the kind of growth that truly matters ; dealing as it does with the evaluation of ways to love and hate , with the meanings of human conduct , an appreciation of human nature , and the succession of the generations . |
| 30 | He did not know enough about women to discover from Bathsheba 's manner whether she wanted to see him or not . |